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Apple Sold 70% Fewer Apple Watches This Summer Compared to Last

My wearable smart device lasts 5 days.. I wouldn't expect anything less.

Glad you like your apple watch - but dont expect everyone to be happy about the battery life.

iTom17 said:
No **** Sherlock... they've just released some new models, no wonder sales are in a huge decline. Many people have been waiting for those new models, it's that simple.

Why do they always need to conduct a research to find that out? :p

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Short battery life? Do you have an Apple Watch yourself then? I'm getting through a full day easily, with at least 30% left. Sometimes even 50%.

I love my Apple Watch.
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I wouldn't be shocked if the numbers are correct. I will say I love my Apple Watch but there was nothing done in Series 2 to warrant an upgrade for the majority of Series 0 owners. A few thoughts on this. While I'd love a round watch and Apple could do a great job at a round interface , android wear has shown round watches look chunky the components aren't small enough yet to make the watch elegant in that shape. The watch gets great battery life IMO. When I had a fuel band it had a 5 day battery life after awhile I'd forget when it needed to be charged and I'd have a dead black band on my wrist. With single day battery where I end my day at 30% or a bit more I don't forget to charge the watch. People want to pan the watch but other devices aren't better then it for the type of device it is.
 
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Never thought the watch was a good idea ! I would have made a bracelet or necklace if you really needed body biometrics.
Steve always preached " keep it Simple " to his designers and engineers. Now there is a Certain Ego at Apple trying to push ideas that are just plain Stupid !!
Unfortunately The new MacBook Pro's will suffer from this next.....
 
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ArtOfWarfare said:
Tesla releases new cars quarterly and that doesn't seem to hurt them in the slightest. (2Q ago, revamped appearance. Last quarter, quicker 0-60 and longer range. This quarter, new sensors and computers for full autonomy. My money is on faster charging for next quarter.)
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Except that car after it's sold will be operational for many years and it's a bit apples to oranges comparison anyway.
 
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There just isn't enough perceived value in the Apple watch. When people perceive value in a product at an attractive price point then they will buy.

The only real activity or value that it provides on its own is around activity or movement. The rest essentially have to be provided by the phone. Again there's not enough perceived value because view it as an expensive activity tracker.

For me personally I feel weird having to buy something to use my other Apple product less. Does it make things easier by me just lifting up my wrist to see a notification or a call or a text? Sure I guess. But I'm not spending $270 or easily $400 and above for something like that. Before you know it you're in iPad pricing territory. It's just too expensive for the feature set.
 
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iWatch: hey, at least all in wall street is happy and Jony Ive at last can work on Fashion.
 
I know a few people who have Apple Watches, myself included, who really like them. They're not like an iPhone, though. We can live without AW, but it's really nice to have. Same with the Apple TV. It's really nice to have, but not necessary. There are other boxes out there that also do a pretty decent job. There's no lock-in with a great streaming service. It's great if you're deeper into the ecosystem. I suppose iTunes Movies might be kind of a lock-in on the Apple TV if you've bought into that. The iPad is also like these two, but I'd say a little more important—it's semi-required for some people. I could get along without one if I had a MacBook at work, but I just use it alongside my iMac—which his my real workhorse—and for that it works well taking it to meetings, etc.

For me, the iPhone and iMac are must haves. An iPad Pro or MacBook are quite nice to have. The Apple Watch and Apple TV aren't necessary, but still good. The ecosystem is the glue that sticks the smaller things to the bigger things for me. For years I wore regular watches, used my Xbox as my media center, etc. They're only marginally better than the competition as far as I'm concerned, and like I said, it's mostly because of the ecosystem across the App Store, iTunes Movies, Apple Music, and iCloud that nowadays usually works pretty well across devices, even if it's not always the most feature rich service. And best of all, I don't have to deal with giving away my privacy. But I think it would all fail without the iPhone at the top, and for many people the Mac is just as important—if not more so—because they use it to make a living.
 
WannaGoMac said:
You mean a device with short battery life, limited app usage, and main feature is for people too lazy to get to their smart phone for an alert is not selling well? I am just shocked!

When the watch can replace the smart phone, they will sell well. until them it's not even a hobby...
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It's not always about laziness. A friend of mine has a smart watch, three kids small at home, and a job as an ER doctor. His smart watch (in his case an Android) is so he doesn't miss important messages at work, but he can't take his smart phone out of his pocket if his hands are covered in blood or other bodily fluids. You want to call him lazy, do it to his face as he's saving your life.
 
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iTom17 said:
No **** Sherlock... they've just released some new models, no wonder sales are in a huge decline. Many people have been waiting for those new models, it's that simple.

Why do they always need to conduct a research to find that out? :p

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Short battery life? Do you have an Apple Watch yourself then? I'm getting through a full day easily, with at least 30% left. Sometimes even 50%.

I love my Apple Watch.
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Different expectations due to different uses. I would tend to agree with the other poster that one day is too short a battery life for a watch - smart or not. Not having yet another device to charge everyday is annoying (especially since it requires a specific charging system which is not compatible the one you would carry for your phone), but it also prevents from having features such as sleep tracking.
 
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WannaGoMac said:
You mean a device with short battery life, limited app usage, and main feature is for people too lazy to get to their smart phone for an alert is not selling well? I am just shocked!

When the watch can replace the smart phone, they will sell well. until them it's not even a hobby...
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Indeed looks like you don't own one - My watch lasts two to three days without charging it, mainly using it for fitness and whatnot.
 
You see, I'm waiting for new watch bands before I buy one. Fingers crossed for the 27th.
 
Although this decline can be explained by the lack of a new model, even the series 2 gives me zero reason to upgrade. Happy with my Apple watch since I bought it, but I am still waiting for a reason to upgrade. Maybe next year.
 
doelcm82 said:
It's not always about laziness. A friend of mine has a smart watch, three kids small at home, and a job as an ER doctor. His smart watch (in his case an Android) is so he doesn't miss important messages at work, but he can't take his smart phone out of his pocket if his hands are covered in blood or other bodily fluids. You want to call him lazy, do it to his face as he's saving your life.
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If he's wearing a watch during surgery then I wouldn't want him operating on me.
 
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SMIDG3T said:
Because everyone was waiting for the second-generation...

Happens with every product. When there's a new one incoming, sales of the current product decline.
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A few people wait; not 70% probably not even 7%. The majority just buy the current product particularly if they know that however long they wait the model they buy will be superseded in a year and incompatible in five.
 
Count me in as someone who was only waiting for the refreshed models. I ended up choosing the Series 1 (since my biggest concern with the original was the sluggishness) and I am loving it so far. It's water resistant enough for me, bright enough for me, and I don't need GPS in my watch. The battery life is also long enough-- I have never gone below 33% in a single day except the first day I got it because I was messing with it constantly :D
 
I have an Apple Watch (original series 0) and I wear it just about every day and miss it when I forget to charge it or something. But it does what I need it to do (see my texts and calls while working and I love the navigation help taps) so I just don't have a need to upgrade this time. Probably next year. Even on the iPhone, I have always upgraded every other year... 5, 6, 7 but no S models. I think a lot of people feel the same way: I have one, non big need to update yet.

The watch will never be as universal as the phone but I think it's a good product.
 
The smart watch market is NEVER going to be as big as the smart phone market, or even the tablet market. A watch isn't even close to being as ubiquitous as a phone in the modern age. In fact, back when cell phones started getting equipped with displays that showed time a lot of people, especially younger, were very happy about the opportunity to get rid of their wrist watches. Myself included. Many people simply don't want to wear those things on their wrists.
 
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I hope more and more people come to realise just how great these devices are. I love mine dearly and would be pretty miffed if they stopped developing them further.
 
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